Rebels Against Rome: 400 Years of Rebellions Against the Rule of Rome

The Great Roman Empire wasno stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes,and what fueled their brazen plights?

Despite their many differences, the rebels of theRoman Empire had one thing in common: all were Romans, or onetime Roman allies,who attempted to overthrow Roman rule within the bounds of the Roman Empire. Manyof these rebels succeeded in humbling Rome, for a time. But in the end, Romealways prevailed, occasionally through the ineptitude of the rebels, but moreoften through the skills of Roman generals who rose to the occasion afterothers had failed.

Rome's greatest rebels took on manyforms--including royalty, enslaved people, foreigners serving in the Roman army, over-ambitiousRoman governors, a handful of genuine freedom fighters--but all had the courage and audacityto oppose the greatest empire the world had known to that time. These are theirstories . . .